India is a vast
country with a great and diverse population. That is why it is a seemingly
impossible feat that we function as a democracy in the 21st Century.
Look at other democratic countries for reference. None of them posses the kind
of diversity that we do, our diversity is our strength but more often than not
it ends up being our weakness as we are unable to utilize its potential for our
benefit.
Education is one
of the sectors in India where diversity is seemingly playing spoilsport. India
is home to one of the largest uneducated populations in the world. The reason
is manifold. Firstly the economically backward classes are forced to send their
young kids to work for reasons of survival. Then there is the government which
has consistently failed to take any concrete steps to further education in
India. However, the times are changing and the new government is showing signs
of being totally dedicated to eradicating poverty and all its byproducts from
the country.
There are a
great number of schools in India that are solely created for educating kids
belonging to a certain age. These schools are known as play schools and they
are designed specifically to educate little children who are younger than their
junior K.G peers. Although the concept of a play school is the norm in the
west, India has started incorporating them in the education structure only a
few decades back. Indian play schools are not unlike their western counterparts
wherein there are specially trained teachers that are responsible for the kids.
The teachers at these playschools not only teach the children about the basics
of mathematics and language but they also include some practical lessons of
life in their teaching. Also part from the usual subjects, the subject of value
and ethics is also given some importance, after all it not the knowledge of
person but the way he/she carries themselves that reveal the most intricate
things about a person. Teaching kids about values and ethics from such a young
age enforces a code of good behavior which they automatically uphold throughout
the rest of their lives.
Indian play
schools have gained traction only recently.
Many parents and guardians have woken up to the benefits of sending their
children to a playschool. The benefits of a playschool are aplenty – the kids
get to interact with kids of their own age in a safe environment, they get to
do things together, they get to learn together, they get to know how to behave
in a group and they inadvertently also learn the basics of authority.
Play schools are
here to stay in India and it is only apt that parents realize the factors that
determine the quality of a play school.
